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Gifts for designers, illustrators and architects: a guide by profession
The right gift depends on what their pages look like. A guide for designers, illustrators, letterers, architects, writers and design students. Read more...
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Black paper journaling: how to start a journal in white ink
Why a dark page makes a good journal, what to write with, a simple setup and seven first spreads made for dark paper. Read more...
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Unique gifts for creative people: ideas that aren't another white notebook
What makes a gift for a creative person work, and ideas they'd never buy for themselves, from colored-page notebooks to pens made for dark paper. Read more...
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Original notebooks: five kinds beyond the usual one
If every notebook looks the same to you, these don't: colored pages, reusable, disc-bound, stone paper and handmade. What each one offers and who it's for. Read more...
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10 ideas for filling a black or colored paper notebook
A night sky, a sphere of light, a plan in blue, chalkboard letters and more: ten ways to start a notebook with black or blue pages. Read more...
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Which pens work on black or colored paper (and which don't)
On black, blue, red or purple paper, dark ink gets lost. Here's what does show up, why, and five habits that keep it from smudging. Read more...
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Colored notebooks: when the color is in the pages
Most colored notebooks are only colored on the outside. Here's what the ones with colored paper are like, and how to choose one. Read more...
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Black paper notebooks: what they're for and how to use one
What a black paper notebook is, what you write in it with, and what to check before buying one. Read more...
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A notebook for lettering in white ink
Why lettering looks different on a colored page, which pens to use and how to choose between black and blue pages. Read more...
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How to choose the best notebook for designers and creatives
Five things worth checking in a notebook before you use it to design, illustrate or plan, and why the color of the page ended up mattering most to us. Read more...
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Color psychology for creatives: what the color of your page can (and can't) do
Why we make notebooks one color through every page: what the studies say, what drawing history shows and what nobody has measured yet. Read more...